Accidentalidad por riesgo biológico en los estudiantes de enfermería de la universidad de ciencias aplicadas y ambientales U.D.C.A, Bogotá, Colombia
Nursing is a discipline focused on patient care, family and community. By providing the care, the students are perma-nently exposed to disease-causing biological microorga-nisms, since their activity involves direct contact with pot-entially infectious patients. The probability of an accident by bio...
- Autores:
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Orozco, Margarita María
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2013
- Institución:
- Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales U.D.C.A
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio Institucional UDCA
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.udca.edu.co:11158/1698
- Acceso en línea:
- https://revistas.udca.edu.co/index.php/ruadc/article/view/855
- Palabra clave:
- Personal de enfermería
Estudiantes de enfermería
Riesgo biológico
Accidente biológico
Microorganismos
Inmunodeficiencia
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Derechos Reservados - Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales, 2013
| Summary: | Nursing is a discipline focused on patient care, family and community. By providing the care, the students are perma-nently exposed to disease-causing biological microorga-nisms, since their activity involves direct contact with pot-entially infectious patients. The probability of an accident by biohazard in clinical practice is high due to their lack of skills and ability, being still in a training process. The accidents ex-pose students to acquire important infectious diseases such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B and C (HBV, HCV), among many others, in addition to the psycho-social impact it has on the student. A descriptive study was performed by applying a survey to 77 students, with the goal to characterize the accidents with biological risk in clinical practice and identify the knowledge of possible accidents in nursing students at the University of Applied and Environ-mental Sciences U.D.C.A. The results showed a 15% of acci-dents in health care practices, being the most common type of exposure percutaneous injuries with sharps or needles (40%) and splash (30%). The nursing activity most related to exposure was medication administration (70%) and the main cause of accidents, stress and high load of activities to provide nursing care (70%). The importance of self-care and biosecurity measures as a fundamental approach to preven-tion of biological exposure. |
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